The Terracotta Warriors and Horses reflect the military scenes in Chinese history when Qin Shihuang conquered the six kingdoms and unified the world. The lifelike pottery figurines and the mighty and strict military formations show people the splendid glory of ancient oriental culture. The sculpture art of the Terracotta Warriors and Horses is exquisite and is the epitome of ancient Chinese sculpture art.


The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are divided into two categories based on their identities: soldiers and military officers. Military officers are divided into low-level, middle-level and high-level. Ordinary soldiers do not wear crowns, while military officers wear crowns. The crowns of ordinary military officers are different from those of generals, and even the armor is different. Among them, the warrior figurines include three categories: infantry, cavalry and chariot soldiers. According to actual combat needs, warriors of different arms are equipped with different equipment.


The most common figurines in the figurine pit are warrior figurines. Most of them hold bronze weapons, including bows, crossbows, arrowheads, halberds, spears, halberds, swords, scimitars and axes. They wear armor with fine armor plates and have tassels tied with colored threads on their chests. The military officers wore long crowns and were more numerous than the generals. The Qin Terracotta Warriors have different facial shapes, body shapes, expressions, eyebrows, eyes, and ages.[13]


The Terracotta Warriors are lifelike, and their different forms fully demonstrate the military system and the costumes of different classes at that time, which makes people admire the wisdom of the ancients.

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